Blessed Kateri and the Cross in the Forest (Saints for Children)

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful way to share a saint-to-be with children
Review: This is a very beautiful book. The story of Blessed Kateri, a pockmarked and half-blind orphan from the Mohawk nation, is told through very good writing and wonderful pictures. I have collected almost a hundred books on the Lily of the Mohawks, as Kateri is known. A number of them are for children...some are good, others full of errors, patronizing, sentimental or bigoted. "Blessed Kateri and The Cross in the Forest" outshines all of the children's books in my little collection. There is only one reason I did not give it for stars - the last four years of Kateri's life are condensed into a few short paragraphs. Which may be just as well since this is for youngsters, but these are the years in which Kateri's faith and love truly flourished. But, despite this, it is a truly fine book and I higly recommend it!

Rating:
Summary: A wonderful way to share a saint-to-be with children
Review: This is a very beautiful book. The story of Blessed Kateri, a pockmarked and half-blind orphan from the Mohawk nation, is told through very good writing and wonderful pictures. I have collected almost a hundred books on the Lily of the Mohawks, as Kateri is known. A number of them are for children...some are good, others full of errors, patronizing, sentimental or bigoted. "Blessed Kateri and The Cross in the Forest" outshines all of the children's books in my little collection. There is only one reason I did not give it for stars - the last four years of Kateri's life are condensed into a few short paragraphs. Which may be just as well since this is for youngsters, but these are the years in which Kateri's faith and love truly flourished. But, despite this, it is a truly fine book and I higly recommend it!